Dena Coopman ^{2 3 4 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: LVZK-117.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Prairie Township, White, IN. ⁸ The 1920 census recorded Manford E. Beeker, farmer, 20, living with wife Dena, 21, and daughter Martha A., 3 months old when the census was recorded on 9 Feb 1920. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Dena's parents in Holland.

2. Census in 1930 in Brookston, White, IN. ⁹ The 1930 census recorded owning a $2000 home: Manford E. Beeker, mechanic in own garage, 31, living with wife Dena S., 31; and daughters Martha A., 10, and Doris M., 9. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Dena's parents in Holland.

3. Census in 1940 in Brookston, White, IN. ¹⁰ The 1940 census recorded owning an $1800 home on State Road 43: Manford E. Beeker, diesel operator for city light company, 41, living with wife Dena, 41; and daughters Martha, clerk for retail clothing store, 20, and Maxine, bookkeeper for poultry & cream company, 19. All were born in Indiana.

4. Census in 1950 in Brookston, White, IN. ¹¹ The 1950 census recorded Manford E. Beeker, electrician for state university, 51, living with wife Dena, 51. They were born in Indiana.

5. Cause of Death: Dena died at Home Hospital from lymphoma, 16 Aug 1979, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁴

6. Occupation: seamstress on 16 Aug 1979 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁴

7. Residence: 707 South Prairie Street, Brookston, IN on 16 Aug 1979 in Brookston, White, IN. ⁴

8. Obituary: Journal and Courier: obituary of Mrs. Dena Beeker on 17 Aug 1979 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁷ BEEKER, Mrs. Dena Friends may call 5-9 p.m. Saturday at Thompson-Hartzler Funeral Home, Brookston. Services there 1 p.m. Sunday, the Rev. James Walter officiating. Interment IOOF Cemetery, Brookston. Also surviving are six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. A brother, Harold, preceded her in death.

9. Obituary: Journal and Courier: obituary of Mrs. Dena Beeker on 18 Aug 1979 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ¹² Beeker Survivor
BROOKSTON - Mrs. Dena Beeker, 80, who died Thursday in Home Hospital, Lafayette, is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Herbert (Catherine) Switzer of Linden.

Dena married Manford Earnest Beeker, son of John L. Beeker and Dora Hendrickson, on 3 Feb 1919 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN.¹ (Manford Earnest Beeker was born on 14 Aug 1898 in Battle Ground, Tippecanoe, IN,^{13 14 15 16 17} died on 6 Sep 1971 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN ^{13 14 16} and was buried on 8 Sep 1971 in Brookston: IOOF Brookston Cemetery, White, IN ^{13 16}.)